bayonet
English
editEtymology
editFrom French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪənɪt/, /ˈbeɪənɛt/, /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) enPR: bā'ə-nĕtʹ, bāʹə-nĭt, bāʹə-nĕt', IPA(key): /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/, /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/, /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
- (dialectal, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈbæɡənɛt/, /ˈbæɡənət/ (see baggonet)[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪənɪt, -eɪənət
Noun
editbayonet (plural bayonets)
- (military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
- 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 515:
- “Well, the proper way to kill a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.”
- (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editweapon
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pin
See also
editVerb
editbayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)
- (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
- (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
- 1774 April 19, Edmund Burke, Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774, 2nd edition, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC:
- to bayonet us into a submission
Usage notes
editThe spelling bayoneting and bayoneted are preferred in the US, while bayonetting and bayonetted are preferred in the UK.
References
editAnagrams
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch bajonet, from French baïonnette.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbayonet
- bayonet
- (military) a pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
- (engineering) a pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
- Synonym: sangkur
Further reading
edit- “bayonet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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